Disaster Mitigation : Experiences And Reflections

Disaster Mitigation : Experiences And Reflections

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Publisher PHI Learning All Agricultural Engineering books by PHI Learning
ISBN 9788120319141
Author: SAHNI, PARDEEP, DHAMEJA, ALKA , MEDURY, UMA
Number of Pages 232
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About The Book Disaster Mitigation

Book Summary:

Human vulnerability to natural disasters is an age-old phenomenon. Besides nature~s wrath, human interventions, too, have led to many calamities in the recent past. The heedless pace of development has left us ecologically barren. Most of the world~s people live in ~developing~ economies, as do most of the world~s poor. They also face the most debilitating consequences in the form of economic and social disruption caused by disasters. The long history of disasters and their intensity has brought the question of disaster management to the forefront. Disaster mitigation is a major component of a disaster management plan. Mitigation entails measures to reduce the physical, economic and social vulnerability of a community to disasters.

Disaster management is still an untouched domain, suffering for want of systematic and committed research and development inputs. It is essential not only to consolidate its academic stature but also to infuse the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes in the personnel connected with this field. This collection of articles from several contributors is an excellent analysis of different mitigation strategies. It offers insight into the different dimensions of disaster preparedness and mitigation. The underlying attempt in each chapter is to illuminate the pertinence of those mitigation efforts that would prepare everyone related with disaster management to comprehend and approach the problem more holistically.

Besides government agencies, NGOs, and community-based bodies, the book is suitable for students pursuing the certificate programme in Disaster Management developed by the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.


Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements. About the Editors. List of Contributors. Introduction. Disaster Mitigation. Managing Disasters in the New Millennium. Disasters and Development. Managing Disasters in Urban Areas. Landslide Problems in the Uttarakhand Region. Floods, Embankments and Dams. Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation in Flood Management. Disaster Mitigation Measures for Cyclone-Prone Areas of Andhra Pradesh. Droughts and Floods: A Case for ~Dying Wisdom~. Disaster Management: Analyzing Vulnerability. Urban Household Livelihood Security. Community Capacity Building on Disaster Preparedness. Disaster Mitigation: Challenges to Raise the Capacity of At-Risk Populations. Role of Media in Disaster Preparedness. Role of Police in Disaster Management: Case of Uphaar Theatre Fire Tragedy. Vulnerability Matters in South Asia. Coping with Disasters: A Community-Based Approach. Tropical Cyclones and Their Forecasting and Warning Systems in India. From Emergency Assistance to Risk Management: Policy Implications for the Future. Vulnerability Reduction at Community Level: The New Global Paradigm. Index.